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Mitchell D. Roth vMtY® Deanna S. Sako
Mai=or Director
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Deputy Director
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County of"llawai`'
Finance Department
25 Aupuni Street,Suite 2103 . Hilo,Hawaii 96720
(808)961-8234 • Fax(808)961-8569
February 23, 2022
Maile Medeiros David, Council Chair and
Members of the Hawai`i County Council :
Hawaii County Council "
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Re: Agreement with Department of Land and Natural Resources
Enclosed is a resolution to enter into an agreement with the State of Hawaii Department
of Land and Natural Resources, State Historic Preservation Office to execute a
Programmatic Agreement to satisfy the requirements of Section 106 of the National
Historic Preservation Act as part of a programmatic environmental assessment of the
Voluntary Housing Buyout Program funded by the U.S. Department of Housi_1g and
Urban Development.
The Planning Department respectfully requests that a breach be authorized to submit this
resolution after the February 17, 2022 submission deadline, and to waive it from the
Finance Committee in order to be placed on the March 9, 2022 Council agenda. If there
are any questions, please do not hesitate to call Douglas Nam Le of the Planning
Department at 961-8174.
Deanna S. Sako
Director of Finance
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Form : B-52
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DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
DEPARTMENT: Planning DATE: 0212212022
STAFF CONTACT: Douglas Nam Le PHONE: 961-8174
A. REQUEST:
This is a request for a resolution to enter into an agreement with the State Historic Presewation Office of the
Department of Land and Natural Resources for the purpose of executing a Programmatic,Agreement to
satisfy the requirements of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act as part of a programmatic
environmental assessment of the County's Voluntary Housing Buyout Program funded by the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Due to the urgency to complete this programatic environmental assessment and provide assistance to
impacted residents the Department requests to waive the Finance Committee and to breach the deadline to
be placed on the next agenda of the County Council.
B. BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION (USE ADDITIONAL SHEETS AS NEEDED)'
The County of Hawaii is the responsible entity delegated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development(HUD) to complete a programmatic environmental assessment for the Voluntary Housing
Buyout Program. This Program is funded with a Community Development Block Gran-`— Disaster Recovery
(CDBG-DR) grant to the County and constitues an undertaking requiring environmental review under the
National Environmental Policy Act. The program addresses disaster-related housing reeds resulting from the
eruption of Kilauea Volcano in May of 2018.
SIGNED: DATE: _0212212022
Department Head
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AARON S.Y. CHUNG
MATTKANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER c '' '' `��> MAIZE MEDEIROS DAVID
Chairperson HOLEKA GORO INABA ysa
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HEATHER L.KIMBALL SUSAN L.K.LEE LOY
Vice Chair s °� a.� HERBERT M."TIM"RICHARDS,III
of %MAN REBECCA VILLEGAS
IIAWAI`I COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawai`i
Hawai`i County Building
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo,Hawai`i 96720
February 24, 2022
Maile Medeiros David, Council Chair
Hawaii County Council
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
RE: RESOLUTION NO. 336-22 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE
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OFFICE OF THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE
STATE OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
Pursuant to Section 2(g) of Rule 4 of the Rules of Procedure of the Council of the County of
Hawaii, this written request is submitted with my approval that the above-referenced matter be
waived from the Committee on Finance to the full Council for immediate action. In reviewing
this matter, timely approval is crucial. It is therefore advantageous that approval is granted and
the matter be placed onto the next Council agenda for review. However, in the event this request
is denied, for whatever reason, I understand the matter shall be referred to the Committee on
Finance for placement on its future agenda.
Sincerely,
Matt Kdneali`i-Kleinfelder, Chairperson
Committee on Finance
Approve Date/ to Council: Disapproved/Date/Refer to FC:
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